A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 147.76 km (92 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 23:10:56 / May 6, 2016 @ 11:10 pm. Event id: us10005eg4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005eg4. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:10:56 / 6:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -74.4919° West, -8.9231° South, depth 147.76 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pucallpa, Campoverde. Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km S of Pucallpa, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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